"You must take your opponent into a deep dark forest where 2+2=5, and the path leading out is only wide enough for one."

🔸 Mikhail Tal

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Moscow, 2nd October 1940. The Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory.
Andor Lilienthal (right) faces Igor Bondarevsky in a decisive game from the final round of the 12th USSR Championship, as Paul Keres looks on.

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Vladimir Kramnik, 1992.

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The 2019 #FIDEWorldCup starts on Tuesday, with Ding Liren the top seed - can you predict how the matches will go?

Dubov - Firouzja in 2nd round and 3rd round possibly against Ding Liren should be interesting! Good for Alireza to test himself!

GM Sergei Movsesian (2663) wins the strong Igor Kurnosov Memorial, which is a part of the Russian Rapid Grand Prix. Congrats!!!

Rinck, 1926
White to move and win! 🤔

The opening ceremony of the FIDE World Cup 2019 took place in Khanty-Mansiysk on September 9.

It was filled with spectacular artistic performances. You can find photos by Kirill Merkuryev here and see for yourself:

https://khantymansiysk2019.fide.com/en/media/photo/247/

⚪️#285 (Strategy-ًWhite to Move)
🔸Andolfatto,Maria (2065)
🔸Raccanello,Marianna (2030)
🔸78th ch-ITA Women 2018

20.Qe3!? [20.h4! When you control over the center, a kingside attack is a reasonable plan. 20...Ne5 21.Qe3 Qb6 22.h5 Rf8 23.Qd2 f6 24.Bg4 f5 25.Be2 Qb4 26.Qc1±; 20.Qc1 Kh8 21.Qe3 Re8 22.h4 Nf6 23.g4 Qb6 24.g5 Nd7 25.Qc3 Qb4+/=]

20...Re8 21.h4+/=

0–1

⚫️#285 (Endgame-Black to Move)
🔸Gajic,S (2069)
🔸Pastar,S (2326)
🔸32nd Belgrade 2018

32...Bxa3? [32...Qb5! 33.Qxb5 Bxb5 34.Bc1 Bd6 35.g4 g5 36.Kg2 Bc7 37.h4 gxh4 38.Bxh6 Be2 39.Ne5 Bd6 40.Bc1 Bxe5 41.dxe5 Bxg4 42.f3 Bf5³; 32...Bb5 33.Ne5 Qc2 34.h4 Be8 35.g4 h5 36.gxh5 Qb1+ 37.Kg2 gxh5 38.Bb4 Qe4+ 39.Kg1 Qxh4 40.Bxf8 Qg5+ 41.Kf1 Qc1+ 42.Ke2 Qc2+ 43.Ke3 Qe4+=]

33.Bxh6?! [33.h3 Bf8 34.Ne5 Qb5 35.Qd8 Qb1+ 36.Kh2 Qb7 37.Ng4 Qc8 38.Nxh6+ Kh7 39.Qxc8 Bxc8 40.Nxf7 g5! 41.Ne5 a3 42.g4 a2 43.Bc3 Bd6 44.Kg3+/=]

33...Kh7=

½–½

🔸chess.com IoM Masters Douglas 2018
🔸Round 9
⚪️Gukesh,D (2456)
⚫️Almasi,Zoltan (2702)
🔸0-1

13...fxe6! [Almasi finds the best way to gain an advantage. Opening the f-file, and exploiting the pin on the bishop on c4.]

[13...Bxc4?! 14.Qxc4 fxe6 15.dxe6 Rxf3? 16.Qd5!±]

14.dxe6 d5! 15.Bxa6 Qxa6 16.Qe3 [16.Qxa6 Nxa6 17.Kg2 Rab8-/+]

16...bxc3 [¹16...Nc6!? △d4 17.Nbd2 d4 18.cxd4 Nxd4 19.Nxd4 Bxd4 20.Qe4 Bxb2 21.Rae1 Bc3–+]

17.bxc3 d4 18.cxd4 Nc6 19.Nbd2 Nxd4-/+ [Black's pieces are so active and White will have a hard task to defend.]